The Horse Guards, London

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House

This topographical watercolour, showing the clean, simple lines of the Horse Guards building, is by an unknown 19th-century draughtsman. It may be adapted from an engraving. Although taken from slightly different angles, the similar configuration of chimneys seen in James Robert Thompson’s illustration of Horse Guards for ‘The Beauties of England and Wales’ (1810) suggests that this work is roughly contemporary.

Places

England, London, Horse Guards, Whitehall: Kent's Treasury Building, Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall

Subjects

carriage, topography, townscape/cityscape, tree, horse, man, woman, military uniform, child, fence, government building, house, window, chimney

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials)

Artist

British 19th century unknown

Title

The Horse Guards, London

Date

c1810

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 0 cm, width: 40.70 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, April 1973

GAC number

10451